Region briefs for Oct. 8

October 8, 2012

SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery will celebrate its 30th birthday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. To thank longtime customers and welcome new ones, there will be free cake and ice cream along with freshly brewed coffee.

Bridge meeting to be held Tuesday

HAGERSTOWN, Md.- The Washington County Division of Public Works, Engineering and Construction Department will host a community information meeting to discuss the rehabilitation of the Coffman Farms Road Bridge over the Little Antietam Creek.

The meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Town Hall, 19 S. Main St., in Keedysville, Md. The purpose of the meeting is to present the need for the project, discuss the bridge rehabilitation process, explain the proposed road closure and temporary detour that will be required, and to answer questions. Individuals unable to attend the meeting may contact 240-313-2215 for more information.

FEMA: Process is sans discrimination

CHARLESTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency wants all West Virginians to know that there is no discrimination within the federal disaster process.

Federal disaster assistance is available in many languages to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, nationality, sex, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status.

Anyone affected by the early summer derecho is urged to register for disaster assistance online at DisasterAssistance.gov, or by telephone at 800-621-FEMA (3362). Those with hearing or speech disabilities can call 800-462-7585.

One of FEMA's federal partners in West Virginia's disaster declaration - the U.S. Small Business Administration - has low-interest loans available for qualifying disaster victims who need assistance beyond what FEMA may provide.

Inland port group cancels meeting

MARTINSBURG - The regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Eastern Panhandle Inland Port Coalition for October has been canceled. EPIPC usually meets at 4:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the conference room of the Berkeley County Development Authority at 300 Foxcroft Ave., Martinsburg. The November meeting of EPIPC is expected to be held as scheduled. A feasibility study of building an inland port, or intermodal transportation facility, in Berkeley County is expected to be discussed at that meeting.